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Giant River Otter Expedition

Georgetown · Rewa · Karanambu
Duration
10 Days · 9 Nights
The route
Georgetown · Rewa · Karanambu
Style
Otters and arapaima on the wild rivers
Best season
September – April · best
The route

9 nights, 3 stops — otters and arapaima on the wild rivers.

Georgetown → Rewa → Karanambu.

Round trip · returns to Georgetown

GeorgetownRewaKaranambu
What you're tracking

What you'll see

West Indian manatee
In the botanical gardens.
Blood-coloured woodpecker
A Guyana near-endemic.
Arapaima
In the oxbow lakes.
Giant otter
On the river.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Georgetown

Arrive Georgetown

The journey begins.

Arrive in Georgetown, met and transferred to your accommodation. Georgetown is the staging point from which Guyana's wild interior opens up by bush flight.

02Georgetown → Rewa

To Rewa

On to the next.

Transfer to Rewa. River and oxbow trips for arapaima and giant otters. Wildlife and catch-and-release fishing on the wild Rewa.

03Rewa

Rewa

A full day in the field.

Wildlife and catch-and-release fishing on the wild Rewa. A full day of pristine rainforest-river wildlife. Rewa's oxbow lakes hold arapaima, the largest scaled freshwater fish on earth, in genuinely pristine wilderness.

04Rewa

Rewa

A full day in the field.

A full day of pristine rainforest-river wildlife. Jaguars, otters and arapaima deep in the interior.

05Rewa

Rewa

A full day in the field.

Jaguars, otters and arapaima deep in the interior.

06Rewa → Karanambu

To Karanambu

On to the next.

Transfer to Karanambu. Savannah safaris for giant anteaters and river otters. Rupununi river trips and the giant water lilies.

07Karanambu

Karanambu

A full day in the field.

Rupununi river trips and the giant water lilies. A full day of savannah and wetland wildlife. Karanambu's grasslands offer some of the best giant-anteater viewing anywhere on earth.

08Karanambu

Karanambu

A full day in the field.

A full day of savannah and wetland wildlife. Anteaters at dawn and otters on the river.

09Karanambu

Karanambu

A full day in the field.

Anteaters at dawn and otters on the river.

10Depart Karanambu

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Karanambu — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

September – April

Peak season

The drier months — reliable bush flights to the interior.

Year-round

Good season

A year-round coastal gateway.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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